ARM Server Linux Update, March 2016

It has been a few months since our last ARM Server update, and as usual, a lot has changed in just a short time!

The biggest and most important news is the launch of the Raspberry Pi 3, freshly upgraded to a quad-core 64-bit ARM processor from Broadcom, whereas all previous Raspberry Pi’s have been based on 32-bit processors. With 8 million units sold, the Raspberry Pi is by far the most popular ARM single board computer, so the move to a 64-bit processor will potentially add millions of units to the 64-bit ARM ecosystem.

In January, the AMD Opteron A1100 officially launched, which is also a 64-bit model. It is available in 3 different SKU’s with varying core count and speeds, and AMD is arguably the biggest name to launch an ARM Server SOC thus far.